Living in Haiti as an adolescent girl if someone had told me that I would have the chance to go to college, obtaining a college degree, and pursue a master’s degree in the United States, I probably would think that person is crazy, or the least ask that person what a college degree is? I was born on an island on Haiti name Lagonave and spend most of my adolescent years between the Lagonave and Port-au-Prince which is the primary Capital of Haiti. I don't remember precisely when I started going to school while leaving there, but I do remember that spend a lot of time in school due to lack of fund for the school and teachers to teach. By the age of nine my grandmother was able to send me to school in Port-au-Prince, but eventually, I had to drop out due to lack of money to pay for my schooling in the city. In the U.S. children can go to school for free, but on Haiti, parents must pay for their children education.
By the age of twelve, my life was changed for the better because I was able to
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I had to work ten times harder to get where I'm today. There was a time when I thought about giving up, but when I remember the little girl I was in Haiti that didn’t even dream she could come to the U.S. or obtain a higher education, I knew then that can’t give up, and I shouldn't give up. Living in this county has given me a fighting chance to obtain higher education and an opportunity to give back and better my community. I had the opportunity to participate in the Walt Disney World internship program and volunteer as a mentor for Big Brothers Big Sisters program which allowed me the opportunities to learned to work with people from different backgrounds and cultures, and the fortuity to mentoring young child toward better